Colin Staub was a reporter and associate editor at Resource Recycling until August 2025.
In the greater Greenville, S.C. area, transitioning from bins to rollcarts was about more than capturing higher volumes of recyclables. The change ushered in a more efficient collection system while reducing litter and generating higher quality material in some cases.
Used beverage cans, historically a reliable and valuable commodity, have seen recent price lows that are adding extra strife to already stressed residential recycling markets.
A company that uses recovered glass to create construction materials is doubling capacity at its Pennsylvania aggregate manufacturing plant.
The Schupan & Sons headquarters in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Schupan & Sons is upgrading its Kalamazoo, Mich. campus with an expansion of its electronics recycling operations and a dedicated health care clinic for company employees.
Waste Management’s latest sustainability report delves into factors impacting the recycling industry as a whole, including fluctuating markets, sustainable materials management, technological advances and more.
In its first release of import permits for 2019, China’s environmental ministry approved a larger volume of recovered fiber than in any single release last year.
The weight of plastic bottles collected for recycling continued to decrease in the U.S. in 2017, contributing to the third straight year of a declining recycling rate.
A major brand owner says it will be using 25 percent recycled plastic in the packaging for all of its U.S. products in three years.
Maite Quinn, who was most recently marketing all of New York City’s curbside recyclables for Sims Municipal Recycling, has joined a group working to boost material recovery infrastructure through investment capital.
OCC shipments reached their highest volume in two years in October, while mixed paper exports were down by 18 percent year-over-year, according to the latest U.S. trade figures.